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July 12, 2009

Buchholz Will Start On Friday

Clay Buchholz will be activated and start against the Blue Jays in Toronto on Friday, when the Red Sox return from the All-Star break. Terry Francona announced the decision in his post-game conference this afternoon.

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After typing that, I went to Extra Bases, where I figured I could get a link. And I see Adam Kilgore has posted this 15 minutes ago:

Clay Buchholz will start for the Red Sox Friday night against the Blue Jays, the team's first game after the All-Star break, Sox manager Terry Francona announced after this afternoon's game at Fenway Park.

10 comments:

Rotoworld says:"The Red Sox are expected to send him right back down after the game. They want a sixth starter for the week because both Josh Beckett and Tim Wakefield will represent the AL in the All-Star Game."

Is there any talk about trading Masterson? He seems like a good number 3 starter, but I don't know that he'll ever get that chance in Boston. It seems like maybe we could get someone with some real value for him, and then slot Buchholz in his pen spot.